The significance of the "Pierced Heart" image?
September 11, 2007 6:29 AM Subscribe
The significance of the "Pierced Heart" image with a dagger and snake?
I finally found a design that I would love for my first tattoo. The image is here Tattoo Idea.
I am trying to find out what the significance of the "pierced heart" is with the dagger and snake as it's a common theme I have seen before. I've tried searching but don't seem to come up with anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated
I finally found a design that I would love for my first tattoo. The image is here Tattoo Idea.
I am trying to find out what the significance of the "pierced heart" is with the dagger and snake as it's a common theme I have seen before. I've tried searching but don't seem to come up with anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated
On this page it says:
"Pierced Heart - A quintessential symbol of being in love. Shot from the arrow of Cupid it can suggest penetration and physical love too."
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"Snake - Snakes are a recurring form of tattoo in may different styles from modern American tattoos to Chinese style tattoos. It is associated with renewal because the snakes ability to shed its skin. The snake was also associated with knowledge and temptation in the Christian tradition. There are many different styles of snake and can be depicted on their own, coiled around a sword or dagger (which is a medical symbol) or emerging from a skull."
Also the image you posted looks a heck of a lot like this.
posted by o0dano0o at 6:58 AM on September 11, 2007
"Pierced Heart - A quintessential symbol of being in love. Shot from the arrow of Cupid it can suggest penetration and physical love too."
...
"Snake - Snakes are a recurring form of tattoo in may different styles from modern American tattoos to Chinese style tattoos. It is associated with renewal because the snakes ability to shed its skin. The snake was also associated with knowledge and temptation in the Christian tradition. There are many different styles of snake and can be depicted on their own, coiled around a sword or dagger (which is a medical symbol) or emerging from a skull."
Also the image you posted looks a heck of a lot like this.
posted by o0dano0o at 6:58 AM on September 11, 2007
The daggered heart and snake represents painful love or heartbreak through succumbing to temptation. The snake is also very feminine symbol.
posted by brautigan at 7:13 AM on September 11, 2007
posted by brautigan at 7:13 AM on September 11, 2007
Best answer: Just an FYI: that design has a lot of small details, especially when it comes to the roses at the bottom. Unless you want it to lose all meaning and turn into a blurry ugly splotch, you probably will have to go rather big with it. Like, at least double or triple the size I'm seeing on my monitor. I also suggest you go with color. I would get a good tattoo artist to appraise the design for you, in terms of size, hours, and price.
posted by nursegracer at 7:27 AM on September 11, 2007
posted by nursegracer at 7:27 AM on September 11, 2007
Response by poster: @nursegracer
Thanks for the advice. I will be trying to get it done to much larger then the image I have of it. Probably twice the size like you said.
posted by Hates_ at 7:37 AM on September 11, 2007
Thanks for the advice. I will be trying to get it done to much larger then the image I have of it. Probably twice the size like you said.
posted by Hates_ at 7:37 AM on September 11, 2007
If you've got love and you've got snakes, there's probably at least a passing reference to Eve in there.
posted by nebulawindphone at 7:39 AM on September 11, 2007
posted by nebulawindphone at 7:39 AM on September 11, 2007
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i am not well-versed in christiam symbology though.
posted by misanthropicsarah at 6:57 AM on September 11, 2007